# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway exiting when optional platform adapters fail at startup

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #142969: \[Bug\]: Unpaired WhatsApp adapter makes the gateway exit — every CLI chat fails after upgrading to v0.22.4

An issue reports that an unpaired WhatsApp adapter causes the gateway to exit, leaving CLI chats failing after upgrading to v0.22.4. Two pull requests propose keeping the gateway running (degraded or with its local runtime) when platform adapters fail to start; their outcome is not stated in the titles.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #144592. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #144592 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.67`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Open related issues

- #142969: \[Bug\]: Unpaired WhatsApp adapter makes the gateway exit — every CLI chat fails after upgrading to v0.22.4

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#144592: fix(gateway): stay up degraded when every platform fails non-retryably at start**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/run_adapters.py`, `gateway/run_startup.py`, `tests/gateway/test_platform_shared_metrics.py`, `tests/gateway/test_startup_failed_platform_reports_degraded.py`
- **#143030: fix(gateway): retain local runtime after optional adapter failure**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#143547`, `#144592`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #144592 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-25`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`